Crail is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated populatio…Crail is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The locality has an estimated population of 1,630. The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element is the Pictish *cair meaning "fort", though this word seems to have been borrowed into Gaelic. The second element may be either Gaelic ail, "rocks", or more problematically Pictish *al; no certain instance of this word exists in P-Celtic. However, if the generic element were Pictish, then this is likely of the specific.
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